Champions Tour adds playoff event in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The Champions Tour will play an event in Richmond next season as part of the 50-and-over circuit’s first playoffs.

Sponsored by Dominion Resources, the Dominion Charity Classic will be played Nov. 4-6, 2016, on The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course. The tour said Thursday that the tournament will be the last event before the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

The PGA Tour’s Championship Management will operate the 54-player, $2 million tournament, and Steve Schoenfeld will serve as executive director.

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The tour said full details of the Champions Tour Playoffs will be announced in November at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Arizona.